Catalog
100 Francs CFA Brachiosaurus
| Issuer | Republic of the Congo |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 100 Francs CFA |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIQUE DU CONGO 100 FRANCS UNITE TRAVAIL PROGRES |
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| Reverse lettering | ANIMAUX PRÉHISTORIQUES Brachiosaurus brancai 1993 |
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The Republic of the Congo issued a short run of brass dinosaur coins in 1993 as part of a broader wave of African novelty issues aimed squarely at the thematic collector market — not circulation. Brachiosaurus, one of the heaviest land animals in the fossil record, had received renewed popular attention following significant specimen discoveries in Tanzania and Colorado in the preceding decades.
KM#33 is rarely encountered in anything below mint state, confirming it never saw a cash register.